Re: AppleWorks --> Mac

[carrk@pilotc.msu.edu (Kevin M. Carr)]

In article <dempson-1108961547330001@dempson.actrix.gen.nz>,
dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote:

[in response to question about converting AppleWorks WP files to Mac
usable form]

> 
> PC Exchange does support ProDOS disks as well as MS-DOS, but it cannot be
> used directly to import AppleWorks documents into ClarisWorks.
> 
> The problem is that ClarisWorks is working from an older implementation of
> the ProDOS-to-HFS file type translation scheme.  ClarisWorks expects
> AppleWorks files to be stored on Mac disks with a type of 'pdos' and a
> creator of '19  ' (database), '1A  ' (word processor) or '1B  '
> (spreadsheet).  These file types are generated when you convert an
> AppleWorks document with Apple File Exchange.
> 
> PC Exchange and AppleShare (including System 7's File Sharing) use a newer
> scheme, in which the ProDOS file type and auxiliary type are encoded in
> binary form in the last three c�aracters of the Mac file type, and the
> first character is 'p'.  ClarisWorks doesn't recognise these file types,
> so it refuses to open AppleWorks documents converted using either of these
> methods.
> 

Actually, it can, I just checked this out.  With ClarisWorks 3.0, it
_does_ recognize the newer version of the Filetype notation (creator =
pdos; type = pXXX, where XXX is the binary encoding of the Apple ][ type
and auxtype.)  I don't know if versions of ClarisWorks before 3.0 were
able to handle this filetype notation.

> You should be able to import the documents into ClarisWorks if you use a
> file type changer utility on the Mac (e.g. ResEdit) to change the file
> type to the values expected by ClarisWorks.

Here is something I learned the hard way: NEVER, NEVER, NEVER use the
program MacTools to View/Edit file info for these ProDOS files. 
Apparently, it doesn't like the characters used for the binary encoding of
the Apple][ info in the filetype field.  It trashes them as soon as you
open the View/Edit File Info box and they are no longer visible as
AppleWorks files to either Deja ][ or to ClarisWorks.  ResEdit will accept
these strange characters as is; the problem is how can you correct them
since you can't type these characters from the keyboard.  So long as you
have one good AWP (or ASP or ADB) file still on your Mac hard drive you
can open the info window in ResEdit, copy the filetype info and then paste
that into filetype entry for the damaged files.

> 
> -- 
> David Empson
> dempson@actrix.gen.nz
> Snail Mail: P.O. Box 27-103, Wellington, New Zealand

-- 
Kevin M. Carr
Research Assistant
Department of Biochemistry
Michigan State University